[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法華義疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721) › 2.70 # 法華義疏 2.70 法華義疏 2.70 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.70) 有人言：既是《法華》序分，未是正經故不入也。有人言：若入法華三昧者，彌勒等即能測知，今欲令不能忖度，是故不入法華三昧也。今明此經大宗凡有二門：一者、於一佛乘分別說三，謂從本起末。二、會三歸一，則攝末歸本，上《無量義經》明出生義，即顯《法華》從本起末，今還入無量義處定者，即顯此經明攝末歸本。此二既是經之始終，故為開發序也。又上說《無量義經》，謂從一生多即是說一法，今入無量義處定，還入一法，則出入皆是一道清淨，顯《法華》亦爾，故為法華序。 > Some say: since it is the introductory portion of the Lotus Sūtra and not yet the main sūtra, he does not enter it. Some say: if he entered the Lotus Samādhi, Maitreya and others would immediately be able to fathom it; now, wishing to make them unable to surmise it, he therefore does not enter the Lotus Samādhi. Now it is clarified that the overarching theme of this sūtra has in general two approaches: First, within the one Buddha-yāna discriminately preaching three, which means arising from the root to produce the branches. Second, converging the three to the one, which means gathering the branches back to the root. The Immeasurable Meanings Sūtra above clarified the meaning of arising and producing, which revealed the Lotus Sūtra's arising from the root to produce the branches; now returning to enter the concentration of the station of immeasurable meanings reveals that this sūtra clarifies gathering the branches back to the root. Since these two are the beginning and the end of the sūtra, they serve as the preface for opening and developing. Furthermore, preaching the Immeasurable Meanings Sūtra above meant that arising from the one to produce the many is preaching the single Dharma; now entering the concentration of the station of immeasurable meanings means returning to enter the single Dharma; thus emerging and entering are both the purity of the single path, revealing that the Lotus Sūtra is also like this; hence it serves as the preface to the Lotus Sūtra. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 2.69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.69) - [Next: 2.71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.71) - [Up: 2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721~en-mt.2.70) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1721.2.70) · Pramāṇa